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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-29

a. Armstrong, same a+......... 3 -
John Buckley, same ......... Is 50
James Lonsdale, same IA 90
On motion of County Commissioner
Kobe the auctioneer license for the en-
suing year was fixed at SIS for each and
every license issued in Morrison coun-
ty. .1,5 .s.,<..
On motion duly seconded and carried
the rate of ferry license in the county OF
Morrison for the ensuing year was,
fixed at SIS for each ferry
operated in said county: and the rates
for all ferries SO established by the board.
of county commissioners, are as fol-
lows: IN ~
Double team to cross one way :. 70 cents
Single rig same ............15 cents
Foot passenger same 10 cents
Cattle & horses same ......... 40 cents
Sheep, swine and cattle to cross one
cents
Horse and rider to cross one way 10 cents
-Four horse team same 80 cents
The following resolution was adopted
by the board Of county commiss ioIlers
of Morrison county; Commissioners
Stumpf, Medved, Lawrence and Mans ms
field voted yes, and Commissioners Kobe
voted no:
RESOLVED, by the Board Of County Gom,-
,nissioners OF the County Of Morrison, State OF
Minnesota, that, .5:i I IS
WHEREAS the County Of Morrison was BY an
act Of the Legislature Of the Skate Of Minnesota,
entitled an act to authorize Morrison County 20
issue bonds in aid Of the Improvement Of the
water power of the Mississippi River at. the
village q Little Falls approved March q 1851,
duly authorized to iasue and rel Its bonds ~
the amount Of 90 for the purpose named AIMED
in said act and under the tarlns and conditions
therein specified. & S
And WHEREAS All the condition. and re-
quirements Of said act 70 the lawful
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-29

County Of Morrison.
I, John stumpf Chairman of the board Of
county commissioners Of Morrison county
hereby certify that the within is 4 true and
correct list ofa nanes Of jurors DRAWN to serve
as grand jurors atthe next general term Of the
district court to be held at Little FAIL, in said
county as 81 shown blythe proceedings 81 board Of
comfy commissioner
Attest. s..sS +. q, Y. ..= ...5 81 L &.
FRANK ELLENBEcKER, ss S., ..s 81
~ H. y f. Co. Auditor, 5sss..
- -. JOHN STUMPF, Il
q lssEA1.l Chairman Board CO. Com
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
THE OUTCAST.

asked of the world but little place,
A chance TO be honest and earn my
bread,
I staked my all in the game of life;
| lost, and have nowhere to lay my
head.
Twas weary climbing the mountain
With no one to lend me a helping
hand.
l tried, God knows, but l tried and
failed.
Ny feet sank into the perilous sand.
The play is done. OF the land beyond
l know so little-my heart is sore;
Ny brain is reeling-I faint and fall
My eyes are dim-there is nothing
more.
l know where the river is flowing fast
1 wonder if could creep to the brink !?
Night tells no tales when the stare are
hid;
My brain is reeliDg-I cannot think
No one would miss me, no one wonld
care,
For l have not a friend on earth to-
night.
tried to be brave God knows, but now
Thro' the deepening shadows | see no
light
know where the river is flowing fast,
The water is dark, and cold, and deep,
My brain is reeling-I faint and fall
My eyes grow dim-is it death or
sleep?
Isabel Hotchkiss, in Boston Post.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
-"
RaDid Sight Geein1

Americans travelling abroad are often
laughed at for their passion for rapid sight
seeing. But why may not the brain take i'm
preSsions as swiftly and as easily as the pho
tographer's chemically prepared plate? GLOW
long will it take me to see the exnibition?"
asked lady of a gentleman who had Just
come from the worlds fair at PHILADELPHIA.
Fifteen minutes" was the response. The
lady of course was astonished, and the re-
spondent proceeded to explain. "To study all
the details of the exhibition would require
many months, but to obtain an impression Of
its magnitude, to seize upon its salient feat
ures, fifteen minutes would do wonders for
you. A ride around the circuit of its con-
Meeting railway would give you succession
of pictures never to be forgotten" What is
true of great fair is true OF great city. It
has been said that very few people really
know London fully, but any one may obtain
an idea of its physiognomy, of its character
istic features in half hours drive through
rs streets To discover all the qualities there
are in painting l must study it well, but a
single glance gives me an idea of the compo-
sitiop and the scheme of color. In truth this
first instantaneous impression in art is inval-
uable, and q painting should always be ap-
preached, if it is possible to do SO. under con-
6Itions that enable the spectator to get full
view promptly. How often painter turns
his picture to the wall and there lets it remain
long enough to allow him to obtain an un-
prejudiced and instantaneous impression
when he sees it againl Study and analysis
are of course indispensable factors in some
things, but the flash, the revealing glance, the
sudden insight, the instantaneous photograph
on the sensitized brain, are things of value in
life as well as in art.-Home Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
THE NEWS.

The reduction of the public debt DUR
ing August was S4,S09,475. The total
debt is 81, 674,OS1,S15.
Willie Geiger was playing with match
es at Xenia, o., and set fire to his
clothes and burned to death.
Drillers for gas at Columbus have
struck water at the depth of 1880 feet.
1t is salty, sulphurous and offensive.
Henry Francis, wanted for arson at
Akron, O., committed suicide by cut
ting his throat at his mothers grave.
W. T. Morgon. convicted of perjury,
has been pardoned by Gov. Gray, of In
dianapolis. He is dying of consumption.
Andy Lockard, farmer, living near
Coshocton, O, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the mouth with a
rifle.
A large number of Federal office hold.
ers participated in the Democratic State
Conventions of New York and Pennsyl-
vania.
Robert S. Mitchell was crushed to
death beneath a box car in process of
repair in the Panhandle shops, at Indi-
annapolis.
Thomas Joyce, a Pittsburg peddler,
got on spree and fatally shot his wife
and seriously wounded his IS year old
daughter
Oak Grove Seminary, at Vassalboro.
Me-. was burned to the ground. A son
of Stephen Jones, aged Is, perished in
the flames.
Ben Neal. farmer, living ten miles
from Owensburg, KY, beat his wife into
insensibility because she wanted to vist
it her father.
The Kansas Farmer publishers re-
ports from special correspondents show
ing that the corn crop will average
about 40 per cent.
Israel Lucas, Democratic Treasurer
of Auglaize county, o, is missing, and
the CoLnty Commissioners have found
his funds $4,000 short.
Chief Colorow and his Ute braves are
at the Ouray Agency. They were on
hunting expedition, and the attack upon
them was the woIk of cowboys.
The Assistant Secretary of the Smith
SU1ldu 1uSIlGuliOu, las U6eD
appointed Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries, vice McCue. daclined.
Ex-State Treasurer Livsey, of PENN
sylVanis. has been appointed to succeed
State Treasurer Quay. who resigned on
account of election to the U. S. Senate.
Defaulting Treasurer Lucas. of Aug
laize county, is the fourth Democratic
Official embezzler in that county in ten
years. Lucas exact deficit is So ,643. "a.
Gen. Simon Buckner was lnaugurated
I'Governor of Kentucky at Frankfort,
Tuesday of last week. The ceremonies
were concluded with reception and
ball at the Capitol Hotel.
A large section of country east of
Mexico. Mo, was swept by flames Tues
day, burning everything within reach
on two farms. The dry grass caught
fire from locomotive sparks.
About five hundred tailors In New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Toledo and
elsewhere, have withdrawn from the
Knights of Labor to unite with the Tai.
lors' Progressive Union of America.
Armour & Co., of Chicago, will build
the largest grain elevator in the world.
locating 1t on Goose Island. close to the
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway tracks.
Its capacity is to be 100000 bushels.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
A Eina Melon.

II want the biggest and best watermelon
in that lot" he said as he surveyed a great
pile of watermelons in front of a Woodward
avenue grocery.
@Yes, sir-here it is-best melon I've seen
this year"
"Plug it," was the brusque command
eyes, sir-splendid red core. Shall put
it on iceg'
The purchaser drew from his pocket a flask
of port wine andsproceeded to pour the con-
tents into the orifice. The melon readily alb
sorbed the liquid, and when the plug was re-
placed the man chuckled: "He. he! he! 1
want that melon sent to -, the temperance
fanatic! Say nothing, and it will be big
Joke on him."
A couple of days later the man came around
to the store again and asked:
"Well, the melon was sent up?"
"Oh, yes"
"And the boy didn't give my little plot
away"
"Oh, no, but we heard from it"
"You did! Hell he! hel What did be say?"
"He and his family were off up the lake,
but the hired girl and coachman said it was
the finest melon they ever put tooth intoln-
Detroit Free Press.
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Boston Baked Beans.

In the Boston bakeries the method of cook
ing beans is as follows: After being washed
clean they are placed in barrels or tubs and
soaked for several hours, after which they
are put in large iron kettles and parboiled for
half an hour or SO. Then they are flooded
with cold water to reduce the temperature
and put into earthen pots holding ten quarts
each, with about five pounds of salt pork
sunk to the general level in each pot At
night they are placed in ovens, from under
which the fires are drawn, and are thus Baked
slowly ten or twelve hours. The slower the
baking the better taste do the beans get. The
ordinary price at the best places is fifteen
cents a quart baked, but they are also sold
for twelve cents Quite number OF people
prepare their own beans and send the pots to
the baker, who charges five cents for baking
them. Most of the smaller bakeshops get.
their beans from large bakers, who also sup
ply many of the restaurants Philadelphia
Call,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
Vest Button Photography.

The process Of instantaneous photograph
ing is rapidly becoming an evil We hear
talk already about specialists in photography
for instantaneous pictures since the "Detect-
i've Camera" as it is called, was put upon the
market. The box is so small that it can be
carried anywhere without the slightest incon>
venience, and, as the little lens at the bottom
is always ready for use, an instantaneous pic
ture can be taken at any desired moment.
In Germany, Herr Stirn recently produced
before Photographic society enlargements
to size of forty centimeters from such pic
lures, and all were remarkably distinct and
well defined. These plates can also be taken
at different distances and always sharply out
lined. Young men take their lady friends on
promenade TO be unconsciously photographed
People, young and old, who have never en-
tered an artists studio or Photographic gal
lery viii be astonished to see their pictures
freely circulated Most of all, it is to be
feared that the legitimate business of the
photographer viii be injured by these CAM
eras. Any possible mania or desire for
photos can soon be gratified at tri1ing ex-
pense and after a short term of practice by
means Of this invention. Photographs can
soon be so multiplied as to become a positive
nuisance, and from the various considerations
that enter into the matter, it does not seem
SO very easy to answer our query-"What
nextP-American Lithographer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
An Ex-Manager,s superstition.

@rll give you tip" said J. F. Donnelly,
formerly Of the management of the Bijou
opera house, in New York, recently "If a
man offers you fair price for your horse or
dog, or any favorite or pet of the kind, take
it. am superstitious upon that point 1
once lost valuable horse the day after had
refused big offer for him, and on Saturday
last man fell in love with my Irish collie,
and / actually denied him when he rubbed
wad of $400 under my nosel The dog was
a great pet in my household. l brought him
from ireland when pup. Yesterday he got
caught by the cowcatcher of a Sea Beach
road locomotive and was instantly killed. I
wish now that had accepted the mans roll
of bills. Don't you ever refuse an offer un-
der like circumstances. You watch the pa
pers. You will notice when the death is an
nounced of great racer that the day before
his owner had been offered fabulous price
for him. 1t isn't any reportorial finishing
touch. It's fact. know, and give you
the tip."-New Orleans Times Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
A Stroke of Genfus

%The other day saw man carrying q
placard inscribed: Il am partially blind,'"
remarked a gentleman this morning. "There
was stroke of genius about that which
raised him above the level of the man who is
simply stone blind Passers by contributed
freely, and were not to be censured for it.
There was probability of the man becom-
ing totally blind, and he was justified in dis
counting the disaster. 1t was a variation
upon the traditional formula, and was sig
nifcant. The appalling interval is the con-
sciousness that fellows becoming blind ~
Philadelphia Call
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
Grains of Gold.

True gIadness doth always speak.
Who has most heart knows most sor>
row.
Ii wrong our hearts, our heads are
right in vain.
Well-arraDged time is sign of a we'll
ordered mind.
The truest end of life is to know the
life that never ends.
The heart ought to give charity, when
the hand cannot.
What We ought not to do we should
not even think of doing.
1t is the struggle and not the attain.
ment that measures character.
A good heart will. at all times, betray
the best head in the world.
a good way to make the children tell
the truth is to tell it yourself.
Three things in speech ought to be
considered-the manner, the place and
the time.
Nothing will so increase and strength
en- the virtues as practice and expert
ence in them.
Never expect sense of justice in a
man whom you know to be dishonest in
anything.
1t is with flowers as with moral quail
tiles; the bright are sometimes poison
Gus, but, believe, never the sweet.
If can put one touch of rosy sun
set into the life of any man or woman,
l shall feel that have wOrkd with God.
AS the medical properties of some
plants can be adduced only by distilla.
tion, so our good qualities can only be
proved by trials.
Real difficulties are the best cure of
imaginary ones. because God helps US in
the real ones and so makes US ashamed
of the other.
Perpetual aiming at wit is very bad
part of conversation. 1t is done to sup
port a character. 1t is sort of insult
on the company. and a restraint upon
the speaker
Thinking that one is thinking is not
thinking To think is to hold a thought
till it is measured, weighed. and put in
proper relation to the subject under con-
sider@tion. Many man has spent a
whole morning under the delusion that
he was thinking, when he was nearly
asleep.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
SOMETHING UNIQUE IN WARFARE.
A Struggle in Which the Old Were
Pftted Against the Young Men.


Pitted Against the Young Men.
DIR. Wolf, the explorer Of the Sankuru
river, has just told some curious facts about
the Baluba tribe, who are becoming dis
tinguished among all the millions of the Con-
20 basin for their eagerness to accept from
the whites all the ways of living and the in
formation that they think will benefit or
improve them Long before the whites knew
them they were regarded by the neighboring
tribes es most remarkable people, and they
are keeping up their reputation.
Until within the past fifteen years the Ba-
luba kept themselves strictly separate from
their neighbors. They had no intercourse
whatever with any other tribe. This is very
unusual, for the tribes throughout Africa, if
not quaTreing with their neighbors, gen.
orally have many commercial dealings with
them, and even in time of war the women of
the hostile tribes sometimes mingle in perfect
unity, exchanging their commodities.
The young men among the Baluba finally
decided that it would be better for their
tribe to cultivate relations with their neigh
bors and open the country to traders with
other tribes. They had the support Of their
chief, but the old men and graybeards of the
tribe set their faces sternly against the inno-
walton With the conservatism of old age
they declared that such step would ruin the
tribe. As long as they lived, they said, they
would never consent that the Baluba should
mix with other peoples.
Each side was determined to have its way,
and the quarrel grew more and more bitter,
until finally it resulted in civil war 1t was
one of the most remarkable wars ever waged
for on one side were ranked the old men, the
fathers and counseloTs of the tribe, while on
the other side fought the youth and lusty
strength of the Baluba. The sons were pitted
against their elders, but in this case as in
others that might be mentioned, conserva-
tism was simply unprogressive narrowmind-
edness, and wisdom was with the younger
party.
The struggle was short and furious. 1t re-
suited in the complete overthrow of the old
men. The hatred engendered by this unnat-
ural war was so intense that the vanquished
were nearly exterminated. Almost all the
old men were killed or were thrown with
their women into the Lulus Then the young
men opened their doors to commerce.-New
York Sun.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
ADVANTAGES OF FRANKLIN Coz

ADVANTAGES OF FRANKLIN COLLEGE
"A record excelled by few colleges iu
America; scholarship so thorough that
many recent graduates stood at the
head of their classes in seminaries
where they competed with graduates OF
best colleges in the U. S.; apparatus
Costing over S120O) to illustrate Nat
Philosophy. Chemistry, Geology, Physi-
ology. Mathematics, &c; six courses;
Faculty increased to members.
EXPENSES furnished rooms in La
dies Boarding Hall, 25c per week; pro>
visions delivered at wholesale rates
probable cost, 81 25; cooking 25c; rent
for books 4c. Total 81 10. Ladies wish
ing to engage rooms should write at
once to Rev. w. A. WILLIAMS.
IL If Demos, o.
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HaV Fever,

For twenty-five years L have been Sc
verely afflicted with hay fever. While
l was suffering inte Dsely | was induced
through Mr.. TichenOrs testimonial, to
try Ely's Cream Balm. The effect was
marvellous. 1t enabled me to perform
my pastoral duties without the slightest
Inconvenience. and have escaped a re-
turn attack. pronounce Ely's Cream
Balm a cure for hay fever-Wm. T
Carr. Presbyterian Pastor, Elizabeth
NJ. 8 / 2t.
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A va,uabIe I,iterarv surpe.tion.

It seems to me that 1 never received a
more valuable suggestion than was conveyed
In remark of the journalist from whom 1
have once quoted. He said: at is unpar
donable nonsense to use such phrases as the
scene that followed was indescribable,' or
the confusion defied description for there is
nothing in the world that cannot. be de-
scribed. No scene ever defied description, or
ever will; for if a writer has eyes he can tell
what he saw; if be cannot, he has no business
with the pen. IF R. Burton in The Writer,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
GEOGRAPHY.

1. Under what three heads is Geography usually
treated? Define each.
2. Draw a map of Indiana locating its principal
lakes, rivers and cities.
g. Bound Austria, and describe it as to surface,
products, climate inhabitants, and government
4. Name and locate seven islands of the West In
dies.
5. Give the latitude and longitude of Cape Horn,
Cape Farewell Isthmus of Suez, Ceylon, and Pekln.
8. Describe infinitely the water-route from Cal
cutta to St. Petersburg via Alexandria.
7. What and where are the following: Titicaca,
Ceylon, Natal, Ormuz and Manaar?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
ReneHs Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay Co.,
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story,
the truth of which is vouched for by the RESI-
idents of the town; Il am 70 years old; have
been troubled with kidney complaint and
lameness for many years; could not dress my
self without help; now l am free from all
pain and soreness, and am able to do all my
own housework; eve my thanks to Electric
Bitters for having renewed my youth, and
removed completely all diseases and pain.
Try bottle, only Soc, at Pattersons'.
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He Was Not French.

An American mother travelling in France
offered half fare ticket for her son, who
lacked several months of the full fare age
The collector looked suspiciously at the child
and at her. "Your son. is he under z,
madame?" ale is, monsieur" "Your son is
very large for his age, madame" ale is,
monsieur" HYour son is altogether too large
for his age, madame" snapped the man, ex-
asperated by the Americans coolness. "Oui,
monsieur, that may be, p" retorted the mother
calmly, "he is not French, you see."-The
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08

"Do you not often wonder, George" SIZE
said, softly, as they stood at the gate, "at the
infinite number of stars, where that vast,
silent, eternal procession is going and whence
Il came7n
"Ye'es, replied George, rather hesitatingly;
Abut don't you find that to look at the sky
FOR any length of time makes the back of
your neck acheP'-New York Sun
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08
RuckIsn.s Arnica saIve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter,
chapped hands, chilblsins, corns and all skin
eruptioDs, and positively cures piles OF no pay
required; it is guaranteed to give perfect sat-
isfsction or money refunded; price 26c. per
box. For sale by PATTERSON & Sons, st.
Clsirsville, Ohio 2 19-1
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-09-08

Senator Camden, of West Virginia,
predicts the denomination of Cleveland
and Blaine, if the latter will accept. He
says the battle lies in New York, and
that Sherman would be stronger than
RiaiDa
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New Soup Pot for the French Army

Without his soup the French soldier is
nothing, and during the Franco-German
campaign Zouaves and Tirailleurs were often
surprised by Prussians or Bavarians while
engaged in skimming their pot au feu or
watching the simmering of their soupe aux
potreaux.
Gen. Forron proposes to prevent any recur-
renee Of this disastrous state of affairs by
adopting a campaign cooking pot, which
shall enable each particular Dumanet or
Tommy Atkins 10 make his own soup, and
that of course more speedily than when he
had to prepare it for three besides himself in
the rather cumbersome and complicated ap-
paratus which was set down in the books of
the army stores and the inventories in the
barrack rooms as the utensiie quatre.
The new soup pot was tried with success
some years ago in France and Algeria, but in
1882 it was rejected by Gen. Billot on the
ground that it would destroy esprit de corps
by isolating the soldiers from each other.
Gen. Ferron combats this view by alleging
that tine soup may be divided between three
at least when made in the new pot, and that
in any case comraGeship was not so well
fostered under the qundruple regime as to
necessitate the continuance of the old mar
mites; but his great reasons for the change
are based ON the speed and the saving which
the new pot will realize St James Gazette.
The cavalry saddle used in the United